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The NBC Digital Health Network has announced four new distribution venues, including National Cable Communications, an advertising company jointly owned by Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cox Communications. NBC Digital Health also announced two new in-network channels: the Newborn Channel and the Patient Channel.

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The Travel Channel will take a bow to the lean economic times next month with a "Staycation Week" dedicated to the shorter trips vacationers are taking this year. The Aug. 4 lineup will include programs aimed at pointing out potentially overlooked fun spots closer to home and provide practical tips to travelers.

A growing number of companies are looking to quench consumer thirst for viewing digital content -- whether it originated on a camera, an iPod or the Internet -- on their televisions. One of the newest is ZeeVee's ZvBox, a $500 device that connects from the PC to a home's cable-wiring system.

Bill Shreffler, the CEO of cable provider Broadstripe, will resign from his post and leave the St. Louis company later this year. Shreffler, a former executive with Charter Communications and the company that is now called Suddenlink, joined Broadstripe in 2006, when it was known as Millennium Digital Media.

Facing a looming competitive challenge from Verizon Communications in Manhattan, Time Warner Cable announced it had bulked up its high-definition menu in three boroughs, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Among the new HD offerings are Biography Channel, Starz Edge, Starz Kids & Family and Starz Comedy.

Comcast, the country's biggest cable TV provider, will begin offering next month advanced telephony services such as visual voice mail, caller ID on TV and universal address book. With 5.15 million phone subscribers, Philadelphia-based Comcast now ranks as the fourth-largest phone company in the U.S.